Table-top



J. T. KENT.

TABLE TOP` APPLICATION FILED DEC3l4-1919. RENEWED MAH. 7| 192|.

1,382,983. Patented June 28, 1921.

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TABLE TOP.

` Patented June 28, 1921.

APPLTCATION FILED DEC,31, 1919. RENEWED MAR- 7,1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. KENT, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

' TABLE-Tor.

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Specification of Letters Patent.` Patented June 28, 1921.'

Application filed December 31, 1919, Serial No. 348,644. Renewed March 7, 1921. Serial No. 450,416.

To all whomz't may concern.'

Be it kno? i that I, JOHN T. KENT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Table- Tops, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to table tops and has special reference to that class of stands or tables which may have the tops'or upper portions thereof converted into dressing tables or series of mirrors.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a table of the above class having a box like top containing mirrors, the top being foldable relative to the body of the table so as to form an auxiliary top therefor, and associated with the body of the table are side shelves which are also foldable and when raised are adapted to hold the auxiliary top in an open and useful position so as to provide a dressing table.

Another object of my linvention is to provide a table top in which a plurality of mirrors are concealed and may' be swung to an active or useful position when the table top is raised.

A further object of my invention is to provide a dressing table having novel pieces of hardware and a construction which is simple, inexpensive to manufacture, and highly e'licient as a piece of furniture that may be used for two purposes.

The above and other objects are attained by a mechanical construction which will be hereinafter specilically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical crosssectional view of the table top showing the auxiliary table top in a raised position and providing a plurality of mirrors;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same showing the auxiliary table top and mirrors in horizontal section;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line IIT-HI of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the table top taken on the line IV-lV of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the table showing the `auxiliary top in a closed position;

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of the piece of furniture used as a dressing table, and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view, on a small scale, of the table as ordinarily used.`

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 denotes a base having a pedestal 2, said base and pedestal representing a suitable support for a table top and in some instances the ped estal 2 may be telescopic so that the table top may be raised andv lowered relative to the base 1.

The table top comprises a rectangular body having a bottom wall 3, a rear wall 4 and side walls 5, these walls providing a drawerway for a drawer 6 having a front wall 7 of greater length than the body of the table, so that the ends of the front wall 7 will protrude fromthe side walls 5 and cover the forward ends of the shelves 8, that yare hinged, as at 9, to the upper edges of the side walls 5. The hinges 9 are best shown in Fig. 2, and the side walls 5 are of a greater depth than the drawer 6 so as to support a main table top 10 which is attached to the walls 4 and 5 and provided with a transverse front wall 11 above the front drawer wall 7.

To maintain the side shelves 8 raised in a planeI with the main table top 10, the side walls 5 are cut away for slidable cleats 12 having angular ends 13, the inner angular ends of said cleats limiting the outward movement of said cleats for supporting the side shelves 8. The cleats 12 are slidablen brackets 14 carried by the lower face of the main table top 10, and the inward movement of said cleats is limited by the outer angular endsv 13 thereof engaging in the recesses 15 in the side walls 5. A central stop 16 may be `also located on the lower face of the main table top 10 for the inner ends of the cleats 12.

On the rear edge of the main table top 10 is a support 17 and hinged thereto, as at 18, is an auxiliary table top 19 having side walls 2O and a front wall 21, said walls permitting of the auxiliary table top fitting over the main table top 10, as best shown in Fig. 5.

. The auxiliary table top 19 may be supported and adjustthe cleats 12 in order to safely support the auxiliary table top and prevent the same from being overbalanced when in a l raised position. 4

The inner faces of the walls 2O have strap hinges 22 pro-vided with frames 23 and pivoted in said frames are side mirrors 211. 'llhe hinges 22 permit of the frames 23 being swung inwardly and since the mirrors 24C are pivoted in said frames, it is possible to swing said mirrors into parallelism with the auxiliary table top 19, as best shown in Fig. 5. To retain the side mirrors 24 within the auxiliary table top, while said table Lwtop is being raised or lowered, the upper pivots 25 or said side mirrors are adapted to snap into and out of engagement with resilient members 26Lcarried by the inner face of the wall 21, said resilient members being best shown in )F ig. 1 of the drawings. Set in the inner face of the auxiliary table top 19 is a main mirror 27, and this mirror coperates with the side mirrors 24; in providing a dressing table when the auxiliary top 19 is raised. 'ihere is plenty et space on the main table top 10 and the side shelves 8 thereof for the usual articles associated with a dressing table and the drawer 6 proyidesa container :tor the articles which must be removed in order that the auxiliary table top 19 can beclosed to form a table for general purposes, as shown in Fig. 8.

llt is thought that the utility and manner of manipulating the table will be apparent without further description, and while in the drawings, there is illustrated a preferred ernbodiment ont my invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changes, in size, shape and manner of assemblage as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What ll claim is A table top comprising a body having a main table top, side shelves carried by said body and adapted to provide extensions of said main table top, an auxiliary table top supported at the rear edge of said main table top and adapted to be swung to a vertical position and so retained by said side shelves, and mirrors carried by said auxiliary table top.

ln testimony whereofl ailix my signature in the presence ottwo witnesses.

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Vitnesses ANNA lll, Donn, Unas. W. Srfiurrrenn. 

